(or here’s a list of what launched yesterday that might deserve a closer look)

Project:  The Dead Eye

Designer:  Simon McGregor (Ancient Terrible Things, Konja, Snowblind: Race for the Pole)

Artist:  Rob van Zyl (Ancient Terrible Things, Konja, Snowblind: Race for the Pole)

Publisher:  Pleasant Company Games (Ancient Terrible Things, Konja, Snowblind: Race for the Pole)

Genre/Mechanisms:  card game, deck building, hand management, solo/solitaire game

Player Count:  1

Solo Mode:  yes

Complexity:  medium-light

Risk:  medium-high

Summary:  “A solo card game & sci-fi adventure in ‘stereoscopic 3D,'” described by its creators as “a fast-paced, deck-optimization puzzle with nail-biting moments of press-your-luck.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $32

All-In (w/shipping):  $97, includes vanity rewards

Campaign Ends:  7/3

Game Ships:  Nov. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 76%, with 27 days to go.

Project:  Pizza Rush

Designer:  Jof Croxford

Artist:  Jof Croxford

Publisher:  Jof Croxford

Genre/Mechanisms:  card game, hand management, press your luck, take that

Player Count:  2-7

Solo Mode:  no

Complexity:  light

Risk:  HIGH

Summary:  “A fast-paced strategy card game where players make a stack of pizzas and race to claim the greatest pizza chef card. Each player must strive to get rid of their pizza topping cards by piling them onto pizza base cards.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping):  $27

All-In (w/shipping):  $27, same as above

Campaign Ends:  7/4

Game Ships:  Aug. 2020

Funding Status: Currently at 84%, with 29 days to go.